University Freshman English Pronunciation Practice Manual

Author: Zhang Guanlin
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Publish Date: 2005-03-01
Features: This book is written by Associate Professor Zhang Guanlin of the English Department at Beijing Foreign Studies University. Its purpose is to help first-year English majors improve their English pronunciation, making it more accurate and standardized. The book summarizes years of teaching experience and provides a wealth of practice materials targeting the two major issues students face when learning English pronunciation, particularly in phonetics. These materials include words, phrases, short sentences, poems, and children's songs. This book is written by Associate Professor Zhang Guanlin of the English Department at Beijing Foreign Studies University. Its purpose is to help first-year English majors improve their English pronunciation, making it more accurate and standardized. The book summarizes years of teaching experience and provides a wealth of practice materials targeting the two major issues students face when learning English pronunciation (i.e., phonetics and intonation). These materials include phonetic words, phrases, short sentences, poems, and children's songs. Practice materials for intonation have also been selected, including everyday conversational phrases. Given that university students enjoy singing, and singing also aids in learning English pronunciation and enhances learning interest while, some songs that first-year students at Beijing Foreign Studies University have studied and enjoyed are included in the appendix of this book for singing practice. All the exercises in this book are accompanied by audio cassettes.